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Al Gore is now focused on Building Soil Carbon. Now I stand square behind him!

All political persuasions agree, building soil carbon is GOOD.To Hard bitten Farmers, wary of carbon regulations that only increase their costs, Building soil carbon is a savory bone, to do well while doing good.

Biochar viewed as soil Infrastructure; The old saw;"Feed the Soil Not the Plants" becomes;"Feed, Cloth and House the Soil, utilities included !".Free Carbon Condominiums with carboxyl group fats in the pantry and hydroxyl alcohol in the mini bar.Build it and the Wee-Beasties will come.Microbes like to sit down when they eat.By setting this table we expand husbandry to whole new orders & Kingdoms of life.

The Biochar Fund :Exceptional results from biochar experiment in CameroonThe broad smiles of 1500 subsistence farmers say it all ( that , and the size of the Biochar corn root balls )http://biocharfund.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=55&Itemid=75

Mark my words; Given the potential for Laurens Rademaker's programs to grow exponentially, only a short time lies between This man's nomination for a Noble Prize.

This authoritative PNAS article should cause the recent Royal Society Report to rethink their criticism of Biochar systems of Soil carbon sequestration;

Steve: Erich is a friend - and I am not surprised that he again got to this fine website before me. I second everything he has said about Biochar. I would like to chat off-line about your work. I am doing some analysis very much like yours and think we can help each other develop stronger arguments on why Biochar is important. Hope you can write. Ron